The ticklish gene?

[magic fingers]

Is being ticklish hereditary? Based on what I know, I'd have to say yes! Everyone in my family is ticklish, and I've known ticklish girls, who've had equally ticklish sisters. Likewise, I grew up with this one girl across the street, and neither her, nor her older sister were very ticklish at all. I mean we inherit & share things like facial features, eye and hair color, eyesight, and other physical traits. Why not ticklishness?

 

[Strelnikov]

I have children, and I've been around lots of other families with children. I've never seen a little kid who wasn't ticklish. It's a physical response, so it's obviously governed by genes in some manner, but it's so widely distributed that your question isn't very meaningful.

Strelnikov

 

[magic fingers]

Neither was your answer. You obviously didn't read the question carefully. While I did mention a girl I grew up with, the question was not about age, or children. It was about heredity. My point was that ticklishness, like allergies, freckles, or good/bad eyesight is something we inherit, and has little to do with age. In the future, if you think a question is "not very meaningful", I suggest you don't respond!